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Gardening

Raspberries and Bell Peppers

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My raspberry bush is finally (in late JULY!) starting to give me raspberries. It gave them up in early June last year, but it was also in a brighter spot, so I’ll move it back to its old location next year. I’m just happy to be getting any from a container box. Also, raspberries are [...]

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Tomatoes, Not Meant To Be?

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My backyard is a harsh environment for plants, especially edibles. And I’m starting to wonder if it’s even possible to grow vegetables in it at all, much less organically. Take these creole tomato bushes below for instance. There are two in a huge container of perfect soil, and they’ve reached about 5′ high, but not [...]

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Burned

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I’m off on a photo adventure now so today’s post is light. Here’s some pics of my poor Dwarf Japanese Maple trees. As is evident, they don’t belong in this climate, but I didn’t know that when I got them. They don’t like really high temperatures or sunlight (they grow beautifully in the pacific northwest), [...]

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Basil: Most Popular

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Basil is by far the most popular herb in my garden. Not only is it easy to grow in this climate, but I plant a LOT of it, and use it all. This year is no different. Whenever I’m bummed about how all the other edibles are doing, I can always depend on basil to [...]

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State of the Garden: July

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This is usually the month where it all goes to hell. Though this year has been better than others, some plants have definitely taken a beating. My herbs always do well except for the occasional bug attack that I can manage to defeat organically. However, it is the month of June where I normally have [...]

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State of the Garden: April

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It’s all my fault. I wanted to get rid of the aggressive weeds. They kept growing up between the cracked and sunken bricks in my backyard. These bricks were around the swimming pool, and being on a rumbling city bus route had beaten them up good. I wanted to re-pave the whole thing using the [...]

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In The Nursery

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The springtime plant nursery is progressing nicely so far. I have plenty of seeds spouts in need of transplanting and they are growing quickly already. Here’s to a long warm growing season :-) This is my little biodome where I start seeds to protect them from cool night temps or critters, and to keep them [...]

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